1. Careers in STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

3. Do a web search for a photo of Adam Savage to use and place it here.
STEM Famous Person #1
Adam Savage
Mythbusters co-host, designer/fabricator, actor, educator
Received honorary doctorate from the University of Twente in Enschede, Netherlands for his role in popularizing math, science, and technology.
Built models for Galaxy Quest, Bicentennial Man, Star Wars II and Matrix Reloaded.
Do a web search for a photo of Adam Savage to use and place it here.

4. Do a web search for a photo of Lonnie G. to use and place it here.
STEM Famous Person #2
Lonnie G. Johnson
Engineer and Inventor
Received Master’s degree from Tuskegee University
Helped develop the stealth bomber program
Systems engineer for the Galileo mission to Jupiter; and Cassini mission to Saturn.
Created the Super Soaker squirt gun
Do a web search for a photo of Lonnie G. to use and place it here.

5. Do a web search for a photo of Michio Kaku to use and place it here.
STEM Famous Person #3
Michio Kaku
Physicist
Received Ph.D. from the University of California in Berkeley, CA
Co-founder of the string theory
Author of several books and appears on numerous television programs
Do a web search for a photo of Michio Kaku to use and place it here.

6. Do a web search for a photo of Grace Hopper to use and place it here.
STEM Famous Person #4
Grace Hopper
Computer programmer and rear admiral US Navy
Received Ph.D. degree in mathematics from Yale University
WWII Mark I and Mark III computer programmer who led the team that created the first computer language compiler COBOL
Do a web search for a photo of Grace Hopper to use and place it here.

7. STEM Famous Person #1 - NOW
1967-Present
1993 started in the special affects industry
2002 co-host Mythbusters
Presenter and advocate for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Technology
TED talks
Do a web search for a photo of Adam Savage to use and place it here.

8. STEM Famous Person #2 - NOW
1967-Present
1993 started in the special affects industry
2002 co-host Mythbusters
Presenter and advocate for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Technology
TED talks
Do a web search for a photo of Lonnie G. to use and place it here.

9. STEM Famous Person #3 - NOW
1947-Present
Built an atom smasher in his parents’ garage when in high school
Lecturer at Princeton until drafted for the Vietnam War, which ended shortly before he was deployed
Devoted studies to a single unifying theory that unites Albert Einstein’s quantum physics finding, string theory.
Known for work to popularize science and make physics more accessible to non-scientists.
Do a web search for a photo of Michio Kaku to use and place it here.

10. STEM Famous Person #4 - NOW
Passed away 1992
1931 mathematics teacher at Yale University
Associate professor at Vassar College
1943 joined Naval Reserve in WWII
1944 assigned to Bureau of Ordinance Computing, where she learned to computer program the Mark II
Credited with inventing the term computer bug
Lead the team that developed COBOL
1986 retired as the oldest serving Navy officer as a rear admiral
Do a web search for a photo of Grace Hopper to use and place it here.

11. What Causes Occupation Changes?
Possible Factors
For most of them it was going into military service that launched them even more into STEM
All were influenced by their parents, who were also involved in STEM in some way
They all became famous to try to further everyone's knowledge in STEM
Can you think of any other factors that cause occupation changes?